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Saturday, August 1, 2015

Hirohito's Surrender Speech Released In Digital Form

Above, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito.

An item of great historical value, the broadcast recording of Emperor Showa (Hirohito), has been released in digital form to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

According to The Japan Times:

A recording of Emperor Hirohito’s voice declaring Japan’s surrender in World War II has been brought back to life after 70 years, in a previously unavailable, higher quality recording of the historic broadcast that was made available to the public Sunday.

The Imperial Household Agency had earlier posted on its website the audio recording of the Emperor, posthumously known as Emperor Showa.

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Armand Vaquer, A.A., B.A., ECV, is a contributing writer and photographer for the Monster Island News blog. He is also a contributor to JapanTravel and is author of THE MONSTER MOVIE FAN'S GUIDE TO JAPAN. He has also written for Tokyo's METROPOLIS magazine on kaiju battle locations. He has spoken on visiting Japanese monster movie locations at the Japan Society of Northern California, G-FEST, Monsterpalooza, Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo and Mad Monster Party conventions. Honors include Outstanding Young Men In America, Who's Who In American Politics and Who's Who In America. Contact: AMVaquer@aol.com

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